Format:
Online-Ressource
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
1107416752
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1139583778
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9781107416758
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9781139583770
Content:
This book examines the activities of a broad array of police officers in Ptolemaic Egypt (323-30 BC) and argues that Ptolemaic police officials enjoyed great autonomy, providing assistance to even the lowest levels of society when crimes were committed. Throughout the nearly 300 years of Ptolemaic rule, victims of crime in all areas of the Egyptian countryside called on local police officials to investigate crimes; hold trials; and arrest, question and sometimes even imprison wrongdoers. Drawing on a large body of textual evidence for the cultural, social and economic interactions between stat
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Duke University, 2005, under the title Policing the chôra : law enforcement in Ptolemaic Egypt
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Introduction (The place of police)The officer corps: police administration and hierarchy I: the Phylakitai -- The officer corps: police administration and hierarchy II: civil and military police -- Agents of appeal: petitions and responses -- Busting and booking: arrest, investigation, detention, resolution -- The strong arm of the law: security and muscle -- Conclusion.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1107037131
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107037137
Additional Edition:
Print version Law and enforcement in Ptolemaic Egypt
Language:
English
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